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^Premier Artists m Undisputed Arenic Champions,

Singling 'Bros'

MAX DILLAE

'// The “Chesterfield” Comique.

A

ART JARVIS

Eccentric Comique.

Mule Hurdle with His Original Pad Dog
Finish.

AL. MIACO

Circus and Pantomime Stage Clown.
48 weeks in the business and still 0. K.

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(, Homer Estella

The Famous Hobsons

Equestrians with Stock. 9th Season.

At Liberty fo.' Winter.

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Triple Trap Carrying Novelty.

A Real Society Act.

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waiter-Aerial Shaws-*~

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Second Season.

The Flying Jordans

10 in Number; 6 Lady Leapers;

2 Lady Catchers.

Big Feature with the Show.

■4 Greater than them all

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Including Leo Jackson, phenomenal Cyclist
of the century. Most marvelous troupe of
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Baker Troupe

Original Comedy Creation.

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Male and Female Acrobats.

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Comedy 3-Bar Artists.

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Prosit Trio

World’s Greatest Comedy Act.
Season ’08, Ringling Bros.

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Novelty Comedy Act.

The Alvarez

Balance Trapeze.

The Aerial Wards

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“Tommy Atkins on Duty.”

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The World’s Greatest Contortionist.
Third Season.

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De Mario

Presents the Greatest Aerial Act on Earth.
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Ringling Brothers Circus.

Augustad

Contortionist and Rider.

Ringling Bros. Shows, Season 1908.

That Australian Act

Leeds and LeMar

Second Season.

Billy Howard & Violet Esher

Closed a successful season of 18 weeks on the
Western Vaudeville Managers’ Association. Am
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but still with Ringling Broohers.

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Producing Clown.

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Volume II—No. 20

CHICAGO

May 9, 1908

DUTIES OF THE DRAMATIC CRITIC

Jr SEEMS to me that the difficulty t
bringing; freshness or an adequate rec

be helpful criticism wh
pathy unless there is understanding,
were a critic I should approach ~

) be criticised, 1

k that w

r opinion c

ber this definition <
friend gave. He sai
by the hands of man

e particular emotion t

Place for th<
usefulness, j
Present Ideals.

By AUGUSTUS THOMAS.

attempting and measure him by the meas¬
ure of his approach to the thing he had
*tried for. I think a man who started out
.to write a cheap and thrilling melodrama
for very simple auditors would deserve the
highest praise possible if he had succeeded
tin producing a cheap and thrilling melo¬
drama, and I ■think that if a man started
out with the intention to produce only a
fun-provoking farce that he, if he suc¬
ceeded, would be entitled to the- super]a-

lays the critic most frequently is the neces-

up to the highest ideal of the critic, but
shall write, not necessarily down, but ob¬
liquely, to the critic’s peculiar tempera-

who hopes to be an expert boxer. I am
now endeavoring to state that a boy learn¬
ing to box must have some idea of the
degree of perfection to which he is moving.
That a young man learning 'to skate must
have some ideal in his mind on the phys¬
ical side; that a boy working in commer-

regrot that through a long absence from
the city I am not acquainted ‘with the
work of the Chicago critics as they now
are, but in the days when Elwyn Barron,
McConnell and McPhelim were at the head
of the profession, Chicago was pre-eminent
for the sanity and the dignity and the

Held the playwright invites it, he should
first define that field and make his own
Intellectual rating of what that field is.'
If I might digress from the question of
criticism I would like to quote a definition
of art that a sculptor friend of mine made
in a case before the customs appraisers in'
New York when a carved altar was brought
In from Italy. The importer insisted that
It was a work of art, the customs apprais¬
ers insisting that it was not, and men,
presumably specialists, were called to tes¬
tify as to what was a work of art and to
define it. The most notable artists and

LEADING ROLLED SKATING MANAGERS.

. Flath and P. H. Harmon
of high-class sport and th

e second annual

there are no witnesses whose testimony' is
credible except the eye witness. I doubt

written plays assume for their interpreta¬
tion a certain amount of acting. The
Latin races are extravagant of gesture. It
would be difficult for an American com¬
pany to fully interpret a modern French¬
man; I think it almost impossible for one
to. interpret a French classic. • They are
better left alone than Inadequately inter¬
preted. The. same time and money could
be very much more wisely expended.

ROYALTY AT THEATERS.

Audiences Applaud or Condemn When Mon-
archs Take Lead.

It was noticed at a recent performance of
the opera. in Berlin that the German em¬
peror, who was in the Imperial box, several
limes rose to applaud the singers ’and asked
the Empress, who. was with them, to give
the signal for the applause. Sometimes
when interrupted by some messenger from
the war office or the foreign ministry, he
forgot to give the first applause,' and the’ac¬
tors had to retire to .the wings conscious
that a glacial silenco pervaded the house!

King Edward of England when attending
,a performance gives strict orders that'he is
.Shot to be Sftfiirbed.

^The Czar of Russia never thinks” of ap-

King Oscar of ^Sweden never used to go
to a theater in an official way. He gen¬
erally went to theatrical performances as
a simple citizen and sat in the pit among
his subjects. His preferences were dramatic

King Charles of Portugal has a leaning
towards the French repertory and is always
seen in Lisbon theaters when a French the¬
atrical company arrives.

King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has again
and again declared that he only goes to the
theater when he cannot help himself. As a
rule he sits in the royal box with Queen
Helen, perfectly listless, but generally admit,
having enjoyed the performance.-

art my sculptor
"Anything made

.. primary intention

of which is to stir the emotions, is a work

Portance in relation to the importance of

PLAN GARDEN THEATER.

It seems to me that this definition of art
would be useful in classifying a play that
was to ba criticised; the play would take
rank in proportion to the emotion to whicn
e play appeals or which it endeavored to
^ assuming, of course, that a play Is a
.... ° f 1 think having fixed the

tat's °f a play that ls ottereai that „ t0

,ay ’ havln * Welded whether it is tragic

w h r l0d . ramatl ° or mere >y dramatic, or
whether it Is comic or farcical, that criti-
cism should be constructive if the appar-
>>tent of the author is worthy, and a
22- lY" 5 be I’ un ‘«ye, if not de-
ent mtent It L evldent thttt ‘he appar-
‘ of the author is unworthy.

theater ls a
presentation of ideals, that Its
any, lies l n its ability to

" h h r-i « n h rz

that .n w ® 11_sust ^ in ed ideal, i believe
I believe the L" " eoessar r «» growth.

- - . that a conception of Kid McCoy

necessary to the young boy

s In mind some amount
that he hopes to accumulate, or gain, that
we all have ideals toward which we move.
We constantly grow up to these ideals
and outgrow them, and form new ideals.
It is difficult and often expensive to live
up to our highest ideal in real life; it Is
gratifying and inexpensive to see our high¬
est ideal presented in' the theater, and I

lies in the fact'that it may present ideals,
may present the ideal hero or the ideal of
personal sacrifice. The purpose of the

theater, while primarily to . entertain, la
equally to present ideals. And I believe
that a play, getting back to our definition,
is worthy or unworthy as the ideal which .
it consciously or unconsciously presents

makes for construction or for decadence.

Critic a Supreme Court.

By assigning to a critic these duties. I
am making him a kind of supreme court
and I am laying. upon him a very much
heavier burden than the man who has a
box office burden laid upon him, that is Jo
say, whether or not an audience enjoyed
a play. I am laying upon him too, and I
would like to see in him the qualification
cf deciding whether a play is worthy or
unworthy according to this definition cf
worthiness. I remember .in the old days
that Chicago had men of that caliber. ]

efficiency
that she is r
formed.

overawed by

her criticisms.

: that the critic should be
he courage of a proclama-

Chicago,
that presents the plays
ample, must present tl
They don’t reflect th.

time, they don’t treat of the problems of
this time. Johnson never wrote a suc¬
cessful play. I don’t see the value in tak¬
ing up the failures of a dead century and
in any attempt to galvanize them. I am
speaking generally now, not particularly,
because I am not informed. Critical en¬
thusiasm should be rather directed toward
the play of the day. It is an unusual play
that isn't old after twenty years. Of
course, if you have a drama that was suc¬
cessful in its day you have a drama that
must approximately have portrayed the
manners of its time and that has value
ln modern reproductions in that it shows
the manner, customs, speech, habit, and

value not to be disputed. But ln order to
get that value we must have a play that
was a success in its time, because no gen¬
eration ls competent to pass upon the
value of a play except the generation fo/veloped.

Brooke’s Casino on Wabash avenue • may
shortly he turned into a Chicago Madison
Square garden if plans of a number of Chi¬
cago business men are carried out. Several
theater business men, headed by Charles Herman
Mollere, for ex- of . Chapin & Gore and Fred Upham, are
as brlc-a-brae. seeking to gain control of the casino and
bought of this intend, to change it into a combination of
the problems of theater, and restaurant.

wrote a sue- The plan of the promoters is to build, a

vaudeville acts and ■
the coming season.

intend to fill the hall
and to furnish food i
to patrons.

omic opera on during

prospective managers
with chairs and tables
id drinks of all kinds

Bootblack Opera Singer Discovered.

Harry Sakolsky, nineteen years old, for¬
merly a bootblack at Pittsburg, Pa., has been
"discovered" by members of the Metropolitan
Opera company, whidh closed the season
there recently. The lad gives promise, it is
declared, of developing ,a voice' like that
of Caruso, and that tenor himself gave
the - lad a hearing. So impressed- was
Caruso that he suggested that the boy be

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STATES

FILM EXCHANGE

RANDOLPH & DEARBORN STS.

CHICAGO

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S a likely ter¬
mination of
your effort to
obtain a better Film
Service and with a
view to solving with
very unusual satis¬
faction your present
perplexities in the
situation, we suggest
that you try with
fairness the

‘National

Service”

National Film
Renting
Comp’y

62 N. Clark St., Chicago,Ill.

NEXT

ORDER QUICK
OUR

COMEDY FEATURE

“Peck’s
Bad Boy”

ESSANAY FILM
MFG.CD.

501 WElls St. Chicago, Ins

PRIZE MONEY

Not on your life—We pre=
sume the next “inducement”
will be “trading” stamps”—
we know you don’t want
these “baits” you want good

FILMS

iooo ft. 2 times a week

iooo “3 “ “ “

1000 “ 4 “ “ “

iooo “5 “ “ “

iooo “ 6 “ “ “

$14.00

18.00

22.00

26.00

Pretty Cheap Prices—are they not? Write to us now.

Inter-Ocean Film Exchange

Dearborn 6 Randolph Sts.
CHICAGO

FILM SERVICE
ASSOCIATION

FEE

FILM SERVICE
ASSOCIATION.
Office of the Secretary,

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Special Feature Singling Bros Circus Season, 1908.

JOSH DREANOrr» F v^

“The biggest hit ever played Terre Haute”—Jack Hoeffler, Mgr. Lyric.

ETHEL MAY

,ny d " y "

Harry L. Webb

The Man Who Talks and Sings

Keep your eye on the Laugh Producer

“THOSE PUININY FELLOWS ”

WILLIAMS WESTON

siivairsra and talking comedians

Pacific Coast
Amusement
Company

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IVay 9. 1908.

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WHITE TOPS

RESERVED SEAT NETTING

Seats, Flags, Sledges, the New
Ticket Box Umbrella, Lots of
Secondhand Canopy. Re=
served Seats, Platform Seats
and Blues.

Baker 4 Lockwood Mfg. Co.

KANSAS CITY, MO.

ORTABLE BIGHTS

FOR ALL
PURPOSES

[

THE BOLTE & WEYER GO.

223 MICHIGAN ST.

CHICAGO

Best Makes of Moving- Picture Machines
always on hand. Repairs, Oxylithe, Oxone,
" ’ i,Cole- “-

0=H GAS

SlUiS Erker Bros. Optical Co. iA St. Louis, Mo.

s !=■ ££ rss WILD AN IM ALS

OME ATTRACTIONS W1THT

rwvll 11V1 AND

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■ Four Nevaros

' Sensational Tight Wire Artists.

Edward Shipp

Equestrian Director.

1 V O

Alberto

Elastic Supreme

r Bannack Bros.

Comical Musical Acrobatic Act.

%

Mrs. Mary
and Clown Petr off

And Her Wonderful Troupe of Trained Animals.

W.X. r Marie
Reno ^ BeGar

Double Rounding Wire.

| Al. Dean

Menage Rider.

Prince

Youturkey

| Harry LaPearl

I | Somewhat Different Clown with

II the Big Hat.

American Florence Troupe

Three Ladies Acrobats Three Gents.

LaBell Trio

Acrobats and Wire Walkers.

1 The Bros. Harddig

S Comedy Jugglers.

HERE’S ME

Arthur Borella

Clown and Musical Comedian.

Sylo

That Equilibrist.

Harry Clemings

“A Clown —That’s All”

m Stantz Bros.

J Aerial Artists and Comedians.

George Conners

Still With It.

Charles Morosco

Just Clowning.

Last but not Least

Fred Egener

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It’s Not Generally Known That

Motion Picture Theatres Pay

a profit of

$100 to $1500 PER U MONTH

but, nevertheless, it is a fact.

!

It is generally known that no matter what you
want in the way of Motion Picture Machines, Fixtures
and Supplies for the

Motion Picture Theatre

Rental Service that cannot be excelled, with films
made by the licensed manufacturers and service par
excellence. No matter whether you are already in
the business or just considering it, we want you to
know that we can furnish you the Motiograph,
Edison, Lubin, Powers, Optigraph or

the Amusement Supply Co. is the place to get the
best that’s made, at the right prices, and get it quick.

We want it generally known that we have ready
for distribution a book, the first of its kind, that tells
all about howto start a Motion Picture Theatre -how
to select a location, how to remodel and fit up the
room, what is required in the way of machine, fix¬
tures, accessories, and all other information desired.

We also want it known that we negotiate a Film

Any Machine That’s Made

and that your receipts can be greatly increased by
the use of the latest and best machine.

We carry a big variety of everything required

for the Motion Picture Theatre, the Traveling Exhibitor
and the Tent Show.

If there’s anything you’d like to know, ask us
and we’ll be pleased to tell you about.it.

The Motion Picture Theatre, "Catalogue I

Write today to the

Amusement Supply Co., 489 Chemical Bank Building, Chicago

BOOKING TOGETHE1

Western Vaudeville
Managers’

Mai CHKAGo! ILL. dg Association

United Booking
Offices

St. James Building, AmorirQ

NEW YORK CITY Ui rllilCIIUd

Booking in conjunction with more than three hundred
of the first-class vaudeville theatres in the United States and Canada,
and now giving good acts, routes for from one to three years. Moneys
advanced to parties capable of producing first-class acts, when desired,
or will purchase first-class novelties outright. It will be to the advan¬
tage of managers of Fairs, Parks, etc., to communicate with these
Offices regarding their vaudeville attractions and bands. Address
Eastern or Western Office, as may be most convenient.

Western Office, Eastern Office,

Majestic Theatre Bldg., CHICAGO St. James Building, NEW YORK